The photograph of Erik's house is from Part Three subsection XII (which was quite a while ago now), that I'd always intended to bring back this way, so I'm really pleased it worked for you on so many levels. It's pretty heartbreaking, I think, for that to be the only thing you have left of your family, and that not connected to them at all, on any real level. For him to show it to Charles is a really big step for Erik, and it shows in the way they come together after that - there's a new level of intimacy there.

The more comfortable he gets with Charles the better he'll be about personal space and knowing when he is and isn't wanted, but I think the main thing for Erik here is that while he is starting to get an idea about Charles, and knows Raven, he doesn't yet know where he fits into Charles-and-Raven. It's territory he has yet to discover.

I'm really pleased it all worked for you, anyway, and thanks for sticking with me :)